Gandhi’s pacifism today or: Wer ist Gandhi?

In some way Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is ubiquitous. He, the Mahatma, the great soul, is looking upon us, maybe not from up there, but most certainly from every rupee bill there is. Yet, considering the world (also India) after Gandhi’s demise, it seems that he and his philosophy of non-violence have entirely been forgotten – except by, perhaps, Martin Luther King Jr.